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{{Nihongo|'''Umeda'''|梅田|lead=yes}} is a major commercial, business, shopping and entertainment district in [[Kita-ku, Osaka|Kita-ku]], [[Osaka]], [[Japan]], where the city's main northern railway termini ([[Ōsaka Station]], [[Umeda Station]]) are located. The district's name means "plum field".

== History ==
Umeda was historically called Umeda Haka (Umeda Grave), because it was one of the seven largest cemeteries of Osaka from the [[Edo period]] (1603–1868) until the first twenty years of the [[Meiji period]] (1868–1912). In 2020, survey teams for the Umekita redevelopment project discovered ancient burial remains of over 1,500 people. Experts say these remains were of commoners, not the aristocracy. They used several burial styles, both cremated as well as buried with enclosed wooden caskets, barrel-shaped open containers and earthenware coffins called kameganbo (turtle caskets). They found burial items such as pipes, clay dolls, rokusenmon (a set of six coins to pay passage across the Sanzu River which separates the world of the living and the afterlife) and juzudama (rosary-style prayer beads). A stone wall separated a mass grave with skeletons that were only covered by soil. These are suspected to have died in a plague.<ref name="umeda-haka">{{Cite web |title=Bones of over 1,500 people found at Osaka Station area construction site |publisher=SoraNews24 |date=14 August 2020| url=https://soranews24.com/2020/08/14/bones-of-over-1500-people-found-at-osaka-station-area-construction-site/ |access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref>

Until the 1870s, the area which is now Umeda was agricultural land. The area was reclaimed and filled in by the prefectural government in the 1870s to support the creation of the first Osaka Station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20140626-landform/|title=大阪府・梅田はかつて"埋田"で東京都・池袋には池が!? 地形と地名トリビア|trans-title=Osaka Prefecture, Umeda was once a "buried field", and there are ponds in Tokyo and Ikebukuro? Terrain and place name trivia.|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> The word "Umeda" was previously written with different [[kanji]] characters; 埋田 (English: "buried field") to reflect this history. The name was changed to 梅田 (English: "plum field") without altering the pronunciation, likely due to negative connotations with the previous characters.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

The original Osaka Station, a two-story red brick building, was opened in 1874, along with the first railway connecting Osaka and Kobe cities,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/company/info/issue/bsignal/05_vol_101/history.html|title=大阪駅進化論|trans-title=Osaka Station Evolution|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> and in 1876 an additional line to Kyoto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tanken.com/tetudonenpyo.html|title=鉄道の歴史|trans-title=Railroad History|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> This was essentially the establishment of Umeda as a district. As industry in the area increased at the turn of the century, the station required expansion, so in 1901 the first station was demolished, and a larger station was built in the location where Osaka Station exists in a different form today. Hanshin Umeda station was constructed in 1906,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sankei.com/west/news/150303/wst1503030039-n1.html|title=ラッシュ時混雑の阪神梅田駅、広々ホームに改良 １・５倍に拡幅工事スタート|trans-title=Hanshin Umeda Station crowded during rush hour, upgraded to 1.5 times size, widening construction commenced|language=ja|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415001222/https://www.sankei.com/west/news/150303/wst1503030039-n1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by Hankyu Umeda Station in 1910,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hankyu.co.jp/ekiblo/hensyu_bu/20206/|title=明治43年3月10日の風景が現代に！NHK小林一三ドラマ撮影レポ |trans-title=The scenes of March 10, 1910 today! NHK Kobayashi Izumi drama shooting.|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> the Umeda subway station and Midosuji subway line in 1933<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/kensetsu/page/0000239175.html|title=御堂筋の歴史|trans-title=History of Midosuji|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> and Kitashinchi station in 1997. The current incarnation of Osaka Station was built in 1979,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/688/osaka-station-1910s|title=Osaka 1900s • Osaka Station|website=Old Photos of Japan |language=en |access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> and underwent extensive renovation and reconstruction between 2005 and 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/about-us/history/2000/ |title=West Japan Railway Company - History (2000 - 2009)|website=www.westjr.co.jp|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/about-us/history/2010/|title=West Japan Railway Company - History (2010 -)|website=www.westjr.co.jp|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> including the addition of the North Gate Building, a glass roof covering the tracks, and vast additional retail space providing shops, restaurants, sports centers and movie theatres to the area. For the 2011 re-opening, the station was re-branded Osaka Station City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osakastation.com/the-history-of-osaka-umeda-stations|title=The History of Osaka Umeda Stations|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

The construction of [[Umeda Sky Building]] in 1993 and the re-branding of Osaka Station City in 2011 transformed the Umeda area from a business district to a retail and tourist attraction.

== Politics and government ==
Umeda makes up a large part of the Kita Ward of Osaka city. Before 2019, the Kita Ward Electorate could elect three representatives to the [[Osaka Municipal Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/shikai/page/0000310422.html|title=選挙区別名簿|trans-title=Electoral District List|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> In 2018, the Kita electoral district was represented by Takayama Mia from the [[Osaka Restoration Association]], Maeda Kazuhiko from the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] and Yamamoto Tomoko from [[Komeito]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/shikai/page/0000310400.html |title=選挙区別名簿（北区）|trans-title=Electoral District List (Kita Ward)|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

The number of representatives from Kita was increased to four prior to the April [[2019 Japanese unified local elections]]. The 2019 election saw all three incumbent representatives re-elected, along with [[Osaka Restoration Association]] newcomer Kuramoto Takayuki.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190409/ddl/k27/010/356000c |title=’19統一地方選 大阪市議選 投票結果 ／大阪|trans-title=2019 Unified Local Elections: Osaka City Election Results|language=ja |access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Aerial_photo_of_Umeda_14-Aug-2019.jpg|thumb|300px|Umeda district in the broad sense]]

Umeda officially only covers [[JR West]] [[Osaka Station]] and the immediate area to its south and west, although "Umeda" is often used to describe much of the surrounding area, and is commonly used as a [[wikt:Special:Search/catch-all|catch-all]] to refer to the downtown area of northern Osaka City.

In addition to JR Osaka Station, [[Kitashinchi Station]], [[Hankyu Umeda Station]] and [[Umeda Station|Hanshin Umeda Station]] are located in this area. [[Osaka Metro]]'s [[Higashi-Umeda Station]] and [[Nishi-Umeda Station]] provide subway services to and from Umeda, making it a key transportation hub for the greater Osaka area. Underneath the main roads is an [[underground city]] which connects most of the local train stations and provides retailers, eateries and access to the area's department stores and the Dojima area of Kita ward.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/whity-umeda|title=Whity Umeda|last=大阪観光局©|date=2018-01-29|website=OSAKA-INFO|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15|archive-date=2021-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919233941/https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/whity-umeda|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903100007.html|title=App points way through Osaka underground labyrinth：The Asahi Shimbun|website=The Asahi Shimbun|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15|archive-date=2019-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415003700/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903100007.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Official districts of Umeda: 
*Umeda 1-chome: Diamond District, [[Hanshin Department Store]], [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts]] Osaka.
*Umeda 2-chome: Osaka Garden City, Herbis Osaka 
*Umeda 3-chome: [[Osaka Station]], Osaka Garden City, Nishi Umeda Square

[[File:Sonezaki-Osaka-2018-Luka-Peternel.jpg|thumb|View of Sonezaki during the night]]
The area commonly referred to as Umeda, though outside of Umeda-proper, includes:
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*Shibata
*Chayamachi
*Tsuruno
*Toyosaki 2-chome
*Kakuda
*Nakazaki 2-chome, 4-chome
*Komatsubara
*[[Doyama]]
*Banzai
*Taiyuji
*Togano
*Sonezaki
*Sonezaki Shinchi
*Dojima
*Dojimahama
*Nishitenma
*Oyodo-Naka 1-chome
*Oyodo-Minami 1-chome
*Ofukacho
*Nakatsu 1-chome, 5-chome

These areas are not officially part of the Umeda district, but may use "Umeda" on their buildings, business names, and in their advertising, and are commonly referred to unofficially as the Umeda area. An example of this is the [[Umeda Sky Building]], one of Osaka's most recognizable landmarks, which resides not in Umeda but in Oyodo-Naka.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/style/tmagazine/16osakaw.html|title=No. 2 in Japan|last=Dumenco|first=Simon|date=2008-11-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Districts ==

=== Osaka Station City===
Osaka Station City refers to the immediate area around [[Osaka Station]], above and below ground. JR Osaka Station boasts the largest number of passengers in and out of any station in the [[JR West]] network,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statresearch.jp/traffic/train/passengers_company_ranking_94.html|title=JR西日本の停車駅の駅別乗降客数をランキング|trans-title=JR West Japan number of passengers by station ranking|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> so Osaka Station City is the central hub of Umeda.

*South Gate Building 
**[[Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores|Daimaru]] Umeda
**Hotel Granvia Osaka 
*North Gate Building 
**Luqua
**Luqua 1100 
**Osaka Station Cinema 
**Osaka Station [[JR Bus|JR Express Bus]] Terminal

=== Diamond District ===
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'''Umeda 1-chome'''

Diamond District refers to the area of Umeda 1-chome north of Hanshin Umeda Station and south of Osaka Station. A pentagonal section of Umeda 1-chome surrounded by the Midosuji and Sonezaki Dori roads, which resembles a diamond on the map. The price of land within this area is among the highest in Osaka,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tikara.jp/rank/ranking_new.cgi?MOD=0&tidata8_2=&tidata4_2=&tidata5_2=&tidata27_2=&tidata5=&sort_sel=2&tidata8=27|title=平成31年地価公示ランキング|trans-title=Heisei 31 Land Price Ranking (Osaka Prefecture)|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> so it has come to be known as the "Diamond District". The area contains some of the largest skyscrapers in Osaka, department stores and recognizable buildings. The Osaka Maru Building has become a symbol of Umeda, due to its early construction<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/osaka/osaka-maru-building/21890/|title=Osaka Maru Building - The Skyscraper Center|website=www.skyscrapercenter.com|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> and unique cylindrical shape.

*Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South
*[[Hanshin Department Store]]
*[[Hilton Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton]] Plaza Osaka
*Osaka Maru Building
*Osaka Station 1st Building
*Osaka Station 2nd Building
*Osaka Station 3rd Building
*Osaka Station 4th Building

=== Nishi-Umeda ===
'''Umeda 2-chome / Umeda 3-chome / Osaka Garden City'''

Nishi-Umeda refers to the area of Osaka Garden City in Umeda 2-chome and 3-chome. The Nishi-Umeda district is the main business center of the Umeda area. Nishi-Umeda hosts the facilities of the Ritz Carlton Osaka, [[Mainichi Shimbun]] main office and many corporate headquarters for western Japan, it is easily accessible underground via Hanshin Umeda Station and serviced by the [[Osaka Metro]] subway system. The comparatively high concentration of tall buildings in Nishi-Umeda (and neighboring [[Dojima]] and [[Nakanoshima]]) form a prominent [[skyscraper]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=860|title=Osaka - SkyscraperPage.com|website=skyscraperpage.com}}</ref>

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*Nishi-Umeda Square (event space, former location of Osaka Central Post Office) 
*Herbis Osaka 
**[[The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company|The Ritz-Carlton]] Osaka 
**[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] Kansai Branch Office 
**[[Hankyu Corporation]] Head Office 
*Herbis ENT 
**[[Shiki Theatre Company|Osaka Shiki Theater]] 
**[[Mitsubishi Corporation]] Kansai Branch Office 
*[[Hilton Hotels & Resorts]] Plaza Osaka (Hilton Plaza West) 
*[[Mainichi Shimbun]] Building 
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*[[Daiwa House]] Osaka Building 
*[[Osaka Central Hospital]] 
*[[Hotel Monterey]] Osaka 
*[[Hearton Hotel]] Nishi Umeda 
*Breeze Tower 
**[[Nippon Ham]] Head Office 
**[[Bayer]] Japan Corporate Headquarters 
**[[All Nippon Airways]] Osaka Branch 
**[[Fuji TV]] Kansai Branch Office 
**[[Yahoo!]] Osaka Branch Office
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=== Hankyu Umeda/Kita-Umeda ===
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|File:Chayamachi_Osaka_Japan07o.jpg|NU Chayacho Plus 
|File:Osaka,_hep_navio_01.jpg|Hep Navio}}

'''Shibata 1-chome, Kakuda, Chayamachi, Tsuruno, Nishi-Nakazaki 2-chome'''

The Hankyu Umeda/Kita-Umeda district is the area of Umeda immediately surrounding [[Hankyu Umeda Station]], the largest terminal of the Hankyu Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hankyu.co.jp/station/passenger.html|title=駅別乗降人員|trans-title=Hankyu Station Passenger Numbers|language=ja|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102232544/http://www.hankyu.co.jp/station/passenger.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The area extending to the east and north of the station hosts many buildings owned or funded by the Hankyu Corporation, so it is colloquially referred to as Hankyu-mura (lit:Hankyu village).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/map/2018/06/post-fb30.html|title=阪急阪神ホールディングス　2022年以降に金城湯池の「阪急村」を順次再開発　第一弾は「大阪新阪急ホテル」の建て替え？|trans-title=Hankyu-Hanshin Holdings reinvent "Hankyu Village" from 2022. first step is rebuilding New Hankyu Hotel?|language=ja |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> Buildings such as the [[HEP Five]] building and Ferris wheel, Hankyu Mens department store, [[Toho Cinemas|TOHO Cinemas]], the Hankyu Grand Building, Hankyu Sanbangai shopping street, a string of antique book and art sellers, and the main branch of Hankyu Department Store, a 187 meter, 41-story building.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Osaka’s Umeda area, driving the Group’s growth|url=https://www.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/ir/library/annualreports/data/HHHDar13_E06.pdf|journal=Hankyu-Hanshin Holdings annual report|pages=3}}</ref>

The west side of Hankyu station hosts hotels, restaurants, fitness clubs, and the Hankyu Corporation's headquarters. The area to the northeast of the station has been rapidly developing since the 1990s. The Chayamachi area, in particular, is growing quickly since the construction of NU Chayamachi shopping mall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpr-reit.co.jp/|title=JPR Umeda Loft Bldg.|website=Japan Prime Realty Investment Corporation|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insideosaka.com/nakazakicho/|title=Nakazakicho|website=Inside Osaka|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>

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*[[Hankyu Umeda Station]] 
**Hankyu Sanbangai 
**[[Books Kinokuniya|Kinokuniya Bookstore]] Umeda Main Store 
*Umeda Hankyu Building 
**[[Hankyu Department Store]] Umeda Main Store 
**[[Toshiba]] Kansai Branch Office 
*Hankyu Terminal Building 
*Hankyu Grand Building 
*Osaka New Hankyu Hotel
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*HEP NAVIO 
**Hankyu Men's Osaka 
**[[Toho Cinemas|TOHO Cinemas]] Umeda 
*[[HEP Five]] 
*[[Yanmar]] Flying Y Building 
**[[UNIQLO]] Osaka 
*NU Chayamachi 
*[[Hankyu Corporation]] Head Office 
*Maruzen/[[Junkudo]] book store
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=== Osaka Station North ===
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|File:Grand Front Osaka and Yodobashi Umeda in 201504 001.JPG|Osaka Station North Gate Building and Yodobashi Camera}}

'''Ofukacho, Shibata 2-chome'''

The area to the north of JR Osaka Station. This area hosts the Seiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, JR West Japan Headquarters, and JR Umeda Freight Station. Since large-scale redevelopment is being undertaken in the area,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theinvestor.jll/news/japan/others/osaka-winning-investment-japan/|title=Why Osaka is winning real estate investment in Japan?|date=2018-04-26|website=The Investor|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-15|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125200835/https://www.theinvestor.jll/news/japan/others/osaka-winning-investment-japan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> land prices have been rising, and now Obukacho 4-chome has become the site with the highest land prices in West Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tikara.jp/rank/ranking_new.cgi?MOD=0&tidata8_2=&tidata4_2=&tidata5_2=&tidata27_2=&tidata5=&sort_sel=2&tidata8=|title=平成31年地価公示ランキング ／大阪|trans-title=2019 Land Price Ranking|language=ja |access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> The area's rise has been attributed to the opening of the large [[Yodobashi Camera]] electronics department store in 2001, and since then other large developments such as Grand Front Osaka and a satellite campus of Osaka University have been completed. It is commonly called "Umekita".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/japans-second-largest-metro-area-aims-for-a-slice-of-the-start-up-pie.html|title=Japan's second-largest metro area aims for a slice of the start-up pie|last=Hornyak|first=Tim|date=2018-03-23|website=www.cnbc.com|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>

*Grand Front Osaka 
**[[Kirin Company|Kirin]] Osaka Branch 
**[[Mitsubishi Electric]] Kansai Branch Office 
**[[Fuji Electric]] Kansai Branch Office 
**[[Square Enix]] Osaka Office 
**[[Intercontinental Hotel]] Osaka 
*[[Yodobashi Camera]] Umeda
*JR West Headquarters 
*Seiseikai Nakatsu Hospital

=== Higashi-Umeda ===
'''Komatsubara, Hoyama, Sonezaki, Taiyuji, Togano, Doyama-cho'''

Located to the east of JR Osaka Station, it is a less-developed area of Umeda, with fewer skyscrapers, and generally far smaller buildings. Higashi-Umeda is known for its low-cost retailers in the covered Hankyu Higashidori and Sonezaki Ohatsutenjin shopping streets. The area boasts a bustling nightlife, with Japanese [[izakaya]] bars, restaurants, [[Shopping arcade|arcades]], sex shops, [[love hotel]]s and [[pachinko]] parlors. The area hosts the Tsuyu-no-Tenjinsha [[shinto]] shrine. [[Doyama, Osaka, Japan|Doyama-cho]] is one of Japan's few LGBT districts, and known to be the home to one of the largest [[homosexual]] communities in west Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/a-night-out-in-doyamacho-osaka%E2%80%99s-lgbt-district|title=A Night Out in Doyamacho - Osaka's LGBT District|website=japantoday.com|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>

*[[NAMCO]] Umeda Store 
*[[Toho Cinemas|TOHO Cinemas]] 
*[[Don Quijote (store)|Don Quijote]] Umeda Main Store 
*[[Round One]] Game Center 
*Hankyu Higashidori Shopping Street 
*Sonezaki Ohatsutenjin Shopping Street 
*Tsuyu-no-Tenjinsha Shrine

=== Kitashinchi ===
Kitashinchi was a high-class [[entertainment district]] of Osaka until the end of the [[Japanese asset price bubble|bubble era]], at which point its reputation decreased. It has been known as a [[red light district]] since the [[Edo period]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shurakumachinami.natsu.gs/03datebase-page/osaka_data/sonezaki/sonezaki_file.htm|title=江戸時代の遊郭にはじまるキタを代表する歓楽街|trans-title=The Red Light District of the North, from the Edo Period|website=NEWSポストセブン|language=ja|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> The area hosts restaurants, [[karaoke]], [[hostess clubs]], [[snack bar]]s, [[brothel]]s, and [[pole dance]] bars. The area is famous for its [[kushikatsu]] restaurants.

[[Tōru Hashimoto]], former mayor of [[Osaka]] and Governor of [[Osaka Prefecture]], while working as a lawyer in the Tobitashinchi red light district in the south of Osaka,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20111125_71858.html|title=橋下徹氏 大阪の旧遊郭街・飛田新地組合の顧問弁護士だった|trans-title=Tosu Hashimoto was a lawyer for the Tobitashinchi hospitality union in Osaka|website=NEWSポストセブン|language=ja|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> was revealed to have had an affair with hostesses in Kitashinchi before entering politics, a scandal that led to heavy criticism during political campaigns, along with allegations of ties to [[yakuza]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.j-cast.com/tv/2012/07/19139865.html|title=橋下徹大阪市長「高級クラブホステスと不倫してました。聖人君子ではない」|trans-title=Toru Hashimoto, Mayor of Osaka - "I had an affair with a high-class club hostess."|date=2012-07-19|website=J-CASTテレビウォッチ|language=ja|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

=== Underground City ===
The Osaka Underground City was completed in 1942 as a station underpass but has been dramatically expanded since. The total underground area extends from Chayamachi in the north to Dojima in the south, and Doyamacho in the east to Osaka Garden City in the west. The area connects the shopping malls of Whity Umeda and Diamor Osaka with the basements of Hankyu Sanbangai, Hankyu Department Store, Hanshin Department Store, JR Osaka Station, Osaka Ekimae Building, Osaka Toukoku Life Building, New Hankyu Building, and Herbis Osaka. More expansions to the underground city are planned to be completed by the end of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/toshikeikaku/cmsfiles/contents/0000317/317457/keikaku.pdf|title=特定都市再生緊急整備地域の整備計画|trans-title=Specific City Emergency Maintenance Plan|language=ja|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518232556/https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/toshikeikaku/cmsfiles/contents/0000317/317457/keikaku.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Whity Umeda
*Diamor Osaka
*Dojima Underground Center

== University campuses==

Many university satellite campuses and research centers opened in Umeda in the 2010s due to the convenience of public transport and proximity to the business district.

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* [[Osaka University]] Umeda Satellite/Cultural Exchange Center
* [[Osaka Institute of Technology]] Umeda Campus
* [[Osaka Sangyo University]] Umeda Satellite Campus
* [[Kansai University]] Umeda Campus
* [[Kwansei Gakuin University]] Osaka Umeda Campus
* [[Kyoto University of Art & Design]] Osaka Satellite Campus
* [[Keio University]] Keio Osaka City Campus
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* [[Kobe University]] Umeda Intelligent Laboratory
* [[Sophia University]] Osaka Satellite Campus
* [[Takarazuka University]] Osaka Umeda Campus
* [[Doshisha University]] Osaka Satellite Campus
* [[Nagoya University of Commerce & Business]] Osaka Umekita Campus
* [[Ritsumeikan University]] Osaka Umeda Campus
* [[Ryukoku University]] Osaka Umeda Campus
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== Transportation ==
=== Rail ===
* [[JR West]]
** [[Osaka Station]]: [[Tokaido Main Line]] ([[JR Kyoto Line]], [[JR Kobe Line]]), [[Fukuchiyama Line]] ([[JR Takarazuka Line]]), [[Osaka Loop Line]] 
**[[Kitashinchi Station]]: [[JR Tozai Line]]
*[[Hankyu Railway]]
**[[Umeda Station]]: [[Kobe Main Line]], [[Takarazuka Main Line]], [[Kyoto Main Line]]
*[[Hanshin Electric Railway]]
**[[Umeda Station]]: [[Hanshin Main Line]]
*[[Osaka Metro]]
**[[Umeda Station]]: [[Midosuji Line]]
**[[Higashi-Umeda Station]]: [[Tanimachi Line]]
**[[Nishi-Umeda Station]]: [[Yotsubashi Line]]

=== Roads and Highways ===

*[[File:Hanshin_Urban_Expwy_Sign_0011.svg|20px]] [[Hanshin Expressway]] Route 11 Ikeda Line
*[[Midosuji]] 
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*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|423|name1=Shinmido-suji}}

==See also==
*[[Namba]]
*[[Tourism in Japan]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.seekjapan.jp/resources-article/313/Umeda Osaka InfoGuide]

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